Roth and Oates to Receive National Humanities Medals by Kate Taylor

Others being honored with the humanities medal or the National Medal of Arts include Harper Lee and Sonny Rollins.

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Conversationists Say They May Be Able to Restore Afghan Buddha by Kate Taylor

German scientists said on Friday that it may be possible to reconstruct the smaller of the two Bamiyan Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001.

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Founding President of Seaport Museum Calls for Resignations by Kate Taylor

The founding president of the Seaport Museum New York, which in recent weeks lost a third of its trustees and furloughed half its staff, has called for the resignation of the museum's curren…

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Thieves Arrested in Egypt Trying to Break Apart Ancient Statue by Kate Taylor

Two thieves were arrested last week trying to break apart a 20-foot-tall statue of the pharaoh Ramses II embedded in a quarry in the southern city of Aswan, said Egypt's antiquities minister…

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PEN World Voices Festival Announces Lineup by Kate Taylor

A lecture by the Nigerian author and Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka, readings by Wallace Shawn and Malcolm Gladwell, a debate on the prison industry, and an evening on the topic of sex led …

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Historic African American Murals to Be Restored by Kate Taylor

A set of important murals depicting events in African-American history will be restored and sent on tour for the first time through a collaboration of Talladega College in Alabama, which own…

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Folk Art Museum to Show Self-Taught Black Artists in Venice by Kate Taylor

The American Folk Art Museum, which is facing serious financial problems, is nonetheless embarking an ambitious project: an exhibition of African-American self-taught and graffiti artists to…

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Egyptian Archeological Sites Were Looted, Says Antiquities Minister by Kate Taylor

Important archeological sites in Egypt were looted during the anti-government protests, Egypt's antiquities minister, Zahi Hawass, said on his blog on Thursday.

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Egypt's Antiquities Minister Says Valuable Statue Found by Kate Taylor

Zahi Hawass, Egypt's antiquities minister, said on Wednesday that a limestone statue of Akhenaten holding an offering table, among the most valuable of the objects revealed earlier this week…

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MoMA PS1's Young Architects Program Announces Winner by Kate Taylor

Interboro Partners, a nine-year-old New York architecture firm, has won the annual Young Architects Program competition to transform MoMA P.S. 1's courtyard for its summer outdoor music prog…

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Bloomberg Family Foundation to Support Arts by Kate Taylor

Mayor Bloomberg's family foundation is planning to distribute $32 million to New York City arts organizations.

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Valuable Artifacts Missing from Egyptian Museum by Kate Taylor

A full inventory of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo found 18 valuable artifacts missing after a break-in on January 28, Egypt's antiquities minister, Zahi Hawass, wrote on his blog on Sunday.

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New Budget Includes Increase for the Smithsonian Institution by Kate Taylor

President Obama's proposed budget for fiscal year 2012 includes $861.5 million for the Smithsonian Institution.

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Seattle's Intiman Theater Announces Emergency Fundraising Campaign by Kate Taylor

The Intiman Theater of Seattle announces an emergency fundraising campaign.

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ArtsBeat: Seattle's Intiman Theater Announces Emergency Fundraising Campaign by Kate Taylor

The Intiman Theater of Seattle announces an emergency fundraising campaign.

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Yale and Peru Sign Accord on Machu Picchu Artifacts by Kate Taylor

Yale University signed a partnership agreement with a Peruvian university to establish a joint center for the conservation, study and display of artifacts from Machu Picchu.

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Artifacts Will Be on View at 'Silk Road' Exhibit by Kate Taylor

Chinese artifacts now will be on view at the Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology.

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Exhibit Designer Chosen for Museum of African American History and Culture by Kate Taylor

Ralph Appelbaum Associates will design the exhibits for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Less Hopes to Be More at Williamstown Theater Festival by Kate Taylor

The Williamstown Theater Festival will mount three mainstage productions this summer.

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ArtsBeat: Less Hopes to Be More at Williamstown Theater Festival by Kate Taylor

The Williamstown Theater Festival will mount three mainstage productions this summer.

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No More Looking Backward: Professor Has Camera Removed From His Head by Kate Taylor

Wafaa Bilal, the New York University professor who had a camera inserted in the back of his head as part of an art project was forced to remove part of the camera on Friday because his body …

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How Michael Ondaatje and Daniel Brooks made ‘Divisadero’ into a play by Kate Taylor

Pair combined their unique talents and mutual creativity to make the author’s sprawling novel work on stage

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 4:30pm on February 4, 2011☆⚑

Funding Site Lets Nonprofits 'Curate' by Kate Taylor

Kickstarter, the funding website, is letting nonprofit organizations "curate" pages.

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All Bark, No Bite: Settlement Reached in Balloon Dog Dispute by Kate Taylor

Jeff Koons has agreed not to pursue a gallery selling balloon dog-shaped bookends that his lawyers had said infringed his intellectual property rights.

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Elmo's World Now to Include the National Children's Museum by Kate Taylor

Let other museums have their Picassos and Monets; when the National Children's Museum opens in in 2013, the big names in the galleries will be Cookie Monster, Elmo, and Oscar the Grouch.

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